Peace River (electoral district)

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Profile
Peace River in relation to the other Alberta ridings
Population, 2001	123,877
Electors	80,705
Area (km2)	236,000 (approx)
Pop. Density (people per km2)

for the provincial electoral district, see Peace River (provincial electoral district)

Peace River is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925. It is a rural riding in northwest Alberta, representing the counties of Saddle Hills, Birch Hills, Grande Prairie and the municipal districts of Mackenzie, Northern Lights, Clear Hills, Fairview, Peace, Spirit River, Smoky River, northern Greenview and most of Northern Sunrise.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Members of Parliament 1.2 Current Member of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

This riding was created in 1924 from Edmonton West riding.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

1. 1925-1935: Donald MacBeth Kennedy - Progressive (1922-1926), United Farmers (1926-1935)
2. 1935-1940: René Antoine Pelletier - Social Credit
3. 1940-1945: John Howard Sissons - Liberal
4. 1945-1958: Solon Earl Low - Social Credit
5. 1958-1980: Ged Baldwin - Progressive Conservative
6. 1980-1993: Albert Cooper - Progressive Conservative
7. 1993-2006: Charlie Penson - Reform (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-2006)
8. 2006-present: Chris Warkentin, Conservative

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Charlie Penson, a former grain farmer. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as vice-chair on the 'Standing Committee on Finance'.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Christopher Warkentin	27,785	57.0
	Independent	Bill Given	9,882	20.3
	New Democratic Party	Susan Thompson	5,427	11.1
	Liberal	Tanya Kappo	4,573	9.4
	Green	Zane Lewis	1,102	2.3
Total valid votes			48,769	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			113
Turnout

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Charlie Penson	28,158	65.12%		$64,760
	Liberal	Lyle Carlstrom	8,200	18.96%		$93,798
	New Democratic Party	Susan Thompson	4,804	11.11%		$11,013
	Green	Benjamin Morrison Pettit	2,073	4.79%		$1,300
Total valid votes			43,235	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			125	0.29%
Turnout			43,360	53.73%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Charlie Penson	27,508	65.59%		$45,093
	Liberal	Kim Ksenia Fenton	6,495	15.48%		$5,773
	Progressive Conservative	Milton Hommy	5,021	11.97%		$10,973
	New Democratic Party	Patricia Lawrence	2,914	6.94%		$6,931
Total valid votes			41,938	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			111	0.26%
Turnout			42,049	55.06%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Charlie Penson	22,351	58.93%		$55,260
	Liberal	David A. Biltek	7,241	19.09%		$60,269
	Progressive Conservative	John Simpson	6,104	16.09%		$39,665
	New Democratic Party	Ray A. Domeij	2,226	5.86%		$7,223
Total valid votes			37,922	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			77	0.21%
Turnout			37,999	53.64%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform	Charlie Penson	25,761
	Liberal	Joshua Phillpotts	6,639
	Progressive Conservative	Alan Y. Tanaka	6,144
	New Democrat	Jacquie Gaboury	2,344
	National	David Ridgeway	1,656
	Natural Law	Roni Shapka	241

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Albert Cooper	23,363
	New Democrat	Norman Dyck	7,389
	Reform	Daniel H. Fletcher	6,525
	Liberal	Helen A. Rice	5,758

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Albert Cooper	25,648
	New Democrat	Elroy Deiment	6,333
	Liberal	Richard Marceau	5,419
	Confederation of Regions	Ted Krause	2,877
	Green	Marion Loring	578
	Social Credit	Rob Sweigard	354

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Albert Cooper	18,953
	Liberal	Linus H. Becher	6,243
	New Democrat	Earle Joseph Guertin	5,436
	Rhino	Allan G.W. Cavanagh	547
	Social Credit	Ken Sweigard	462
	Independent	A. Wallace Robertson	291

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Baldwin	20,748
	Liberal	Linus H. Becher	6,312
	New Democrat	Earle J. Guertin	5,801

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Baldwin	14,153
	Liberal	Ed Kimpe	5,068
	New Democrat	Anne Hemmingway	3,941
	Independent	Michael Zuk	196

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Baldwin	14,255
	New Democrat	Jake Van Voorst	5,678
	Liberal	Ed Kimpe	3,324
	Social Credit	J. Donovan Ross	1,904
	Not affiliated	Gertrude Bryan	119
	Not affiliated	Michael Zuk	74
	Not affiliated	Wayne Lovely	67

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Baldwin	11,825
	New Democrat	Phil Thompson	4,830
	Liberal	Don Branigan	4,620

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Baldwin	14,960
	Social Credit	James A. Smith	4,700
	New Democrat	Allan Frederick Bush	4,411
	Liberal	Charlie MacDonell	3,578

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Baldwin	16,111
	Social Credit	James A. Smith	6,564
	Liberal	Fred Noble	3,059
	New Democrat	I.V. Macklin	1,760

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Baldwin	12,897
	Social Credit	Budd M. Dennis	7,603
	Liberal	S.P. Tachit	3,671
	New Democrat	Richard F. Brown	2,605

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Baldwin	13,328
	Social Credit	Solon Earl Low	5,737
	Liberal	John Howard McRae	2,535
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Emil Trygve Sather	1,064

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Solon Earl Low	10,393
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Baldwin	5,896
	Liberal	John Howard McRae	5,515
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Clarence John Lampert	1,783
	Independent	Harry Wigiluk	212

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Solon Earl Low	10,151
	Liberal	Clifford Bernard Carignan	7,599
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Samuel David Simpson	2,079
	Labour-Progressive	Bernhard Rudolf Swankey	867

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Solon Earl Low	7,727
	Liberal	Clifford Bernard Carignan	7,404
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Irvin Victor Macklin	3,202
	Progressive Conservative	David Thomson Williamson	1,562

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	Solon Earl Low	7,319
	Liberal	John Sissons	4,109
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Irvin Victor Macklin	3,666
	Progressive Conservative	Herbert Gordon Bessent	2,732

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Sissons	6,426
	New Democracy	René-Antoine Pelletier	5,347
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Irwin Victor Macklin	3,307
	Independent	Louis-Napoléon Brulotte	488

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Social Credit	René Antoine Pelletier	5,513
	Liberal	Joseph Patrick McIsaac	3,546
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Donald MacBeth Kennedy	1,646
	Conservative	Ernest Vincent Bergin	896

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	United Farmers	Donald MacBeth Kennedy	10,204
	Liberal	John Ewing Thomson	8,390

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	United Farmers	Donald MacBeth Kennedy	5,323
	Conservative	James Arthur Collins	4,398
	Liberal	Joseph Andrew Clarke	2,642

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Donald MacBeth Kennedy	3,986
	Conservative	James Arthur Collins	3,969
	Liberal	William Archibald Rae	3,944

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Alberta federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Library of Parliament Riding Profile
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Elections Canada
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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